REFORM DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

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REFORM DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

• MINISTRY FOR LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY
• June 2006

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WHY REFORMS?

• EU STANDARDS
• RATIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
• STRATEGY FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND NATIONAL
  ACTION PLAN FOR CHILDREN
• ?CONOMIC EFFICIENCY
• THE BEST PRACTICE WORKING WITH USERS
• BETTER STATUS OF EMPLOYEES IN SOCIAL PROTECTION
  SYSTEM

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WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE REFORM ?

• IMPROVEMENT, CHANGES CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF
  WORKING ASPECTS IN SOME INSTITUTIONS OF SOCIAL
  SYSTEM (USERS MORE SATISFIED EMPLOYEES LESS
  BURDENED)
• BETTER QUALITY, EFFICIENCY AND COST EFFECTIVENESS
  OF SERVICES
• CREATION THE NUMBER OF SERVICES AND SERVICE
  PROVIDERS
• ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTI LEVEL COOPERATION

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REFORM PROCESS GOES ON SEVERAL LINES

• TRANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS
• BETTER WORKING STANDARDS IN CENTRES FOR SOCIAL
  WORK
• PROVIDING THE INTEGRAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ON THE
  LOCAL LEVEL
• DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF USERS
  SETTLEMENT
• PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING
• NETWORKING OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK
• PILOTING THE REFORM IDEAS THROUGH SOCIAL
  INNOVATIVE FUND
• NUMBER OF SMALL NGO PROJECTS AND THE PROJECT
  OF PRIVARE SECTOR

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?RANSFORMATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS

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  - LESS PERSONS IN INSTITUTIONAL
  SETTLEMENT
• - AT THE SAME TIME TRANSFORMATION OF THE
  INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO BETTER USAGE THE REST
  OF THE CAPACITIES
• - MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

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BETTER WORKING STANDARDS IN CENTRES FOR SOCIAL
WORK

• AIM INTRODUCING MODERN WORKING STANDARDS IN ALL
  CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK, CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE
  PROCEDURES AND NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, AS WELL AS
  THE SYSTEM OF RESPONSIBILITIES, ETICAL CODEX,
  REPORTING, MONITORING
• CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND
  EMPLOYEES LESS BURDENED

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DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRAL SOCIAL PROTECTION ON THE
LOCAL LEVEL

• AIM DEFINING THE WAYS AND DEVELOPMENT OF
  MECHANISMS FOR QUALITATIVE COOPERATION AND
  EFFICIENG COORDINATION OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
  WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (HEALTH, SOCIAL
  PROTECTION, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, POLICE,
  LEGISLATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
• FASTER, CHEAPER AND MORE EFFICIENT SOLVING THE
  SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

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ALTERNATIVE TYPES OF SETTLEMENT IMPROVEMENT OF
FEEDING AND FOSTER FAMILIES

• AIM MORE CHILDREN SETTLED IN FEEDING OR FOSTER
  FAMILIES, DEFINING EFFICIENT AND CLEAR PROCEDURES
  FOR SELECTION, PREPARATION AND MONITORING OF
  POTENTIAL FAMILIES, AS WELL AS REGULAR PAYMENT OF
  ALLOWANCES FOR FOSTER/FEEDING FAMILIES

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PROTECTION FROM ABUSING AND NEGLECTING

• AIM PROVIDING MORE EFFICIENT PROTECTION FROM
  ABUSING AND NEGLECTING THROUGH CLEAR DEFINING
  MECHANISMS OF COOPERATION AND THE SYSTEM OF
  RESPONSIBILITY FROM DIFFERENT AREAS( SOCIAL AND
  HEALTH WORKERS, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, POLICEMEN,
  TEACHERS)
• FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT RECOGNITIONS THE CASES
  OF ABUSING/NEGLECTIN AND ADEQUATE PROTECTION

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NETWORKING OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK

• AIM DEVELOPMENT OF JOINED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
  FOR NETWORKING OF ALL CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK
• BETTER INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH AIM TO ACHIEVE
  THE MOST ADEQUATE SOLVING THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS

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SOCIAL INNOVATIVE FUND

• THIS PROGRAMMEE FUNDS SMALL PILOT PROJECTS IN THE
  LOCAL COMMUNITIES SUGGESTING THE TESTING OF
  REFORM CHANGES AND THEIR CHECKING IN PRACTICE
  THE BEST SOLUTIONS BECOME THE PART OF THE SYSTEM
• THE PROJECTS ARE IN RELATION WITH THE BASIC
  STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF THE REFORM PROCESS
• PARTHERSHIP OF GOVERNMETANL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
  SECTOR

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SMALL PROJECTS FUNDED FROM OTHER DONORS BUT
SUPPORTED FROM THE MINISTRY FOR LABOR, EMPLOYMENT
AND SOCIAL POLICY

• AIM SUPPORT TO BIG AND SMALL NGOs TO CREATE NEW
  OR INSUFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVE SERVICES
  IN OUR SYSTEM, WHICH ARE IN RELATION WITH BASIC
  REFORM DIRECTIONS
• UNICEF, SAVE THE CHILDREN, HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL
  ...
• DFID PROJECT FOR REFORM OF SOCIAL POLICY
• REGISTERED 300 SMALL NGOs WHO ARE WORKING IN
  AREA OF SOCIAL PROTECTION

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WHAT THE REFORM OF SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM WILL
NOT BE?

• THERE WILL NOT BE THE CLOSING OF THE
  INSTITUTIONS
• EMPLOYEES IN THE INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT LOOSE
  THEIR JOBS
• NO ONE OCCUPATION WILL BE JEOPARDISED
• CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WORK WILL NOT HAVE MORE JOB TO
  DO
• NGO AND GOVERNMENTAL SECTOR WILL NOT BE RIVALS